Sector experience

Career background

Thirty years in radio and TV. Press secretary to Premier Christy Clark.

Education

Bachelor of Commerce from UBC.

If you were going to write an autobiography, what would it be called?

On Your Side.

Favourite part of Peak life

The excitement of getting a positive story in the news through the efforts of everyone on the team.

Career highlight

Creating my own brand in TV ‘Olsen on Your Side’ and helping thousands of consumers make better decisions in their lives.

Favourite B.C. pastime

Boating on Okanagan Lake.

Random fact

Originally I was a play-by-play sports broadcaster and rock-and-roll disc jockey, and was with the group at UBC which gave CiTR 101.9 FM (student radio) its name.

Chris's Expertise

Crisis Communications

Media Relations

Media Training

Read Chris's Posts

Reporting and PR Do Not Mix

I was in the media for more than 30 years and the first rule is PR and journalism don’t mix. If you want to do PR, you leave journalism. Simple. In 2011, I was a Read More >

A Picture is Worth Several Hundred Thousand Tweets

A picture is still worth more than 1000 words. The furor over the cover of the Rolling Stone proves that once again. The cover depicts accused Boston Marathon bomber Jahar Tsarnaev but unlike the 1970’s cover of Charles Read More >

Avoiding the Impossible Situation

The day before he was to be introduced as the next Vancouver Canucks president of hockey operations, Trevor Linden says he was put in an impossible situation during a live TV interview. He told Global Read More >